As long as I can remember I have had pets. But in college I could never have any that lived with me...apartments never allowed for a cat or a dog. For my 22nd birthday I got a fish tank. It satisfied me for a while but fish are hard to play with. I still really wanted a pet I could interact with. One of my managers had a lovebird that she wanted to get rid of so I took it off her hands.
Big mistake... Birds SUCK... No matter how cute they seem in the store I will never own one ever again...unless I can stick him in a room far far away from where I spend the majority of my time...
Anyhow, this bird ended up being called Little Fucker because he never shut up and if you let him out to fly around the apartment, he shit on everything. Not cool.
First of all, it was a single lovebird. They are supposed to be kept in pairs but no way in hell was I spending money on another bird when I didn't even know if I would like the first one.
Second, she had it in a tweety bird cage. Apparently lovebirds go a little insane in round cages...according to some book I read. So I found a large, square cage that someone was giving away and gave it a new home.
He didn't seem to care about these improvements, his toys, or his food. He ended up being cool for only four forms of entertainment... 1) he 'sang along' to Pink Floyd, 2) he danced in the sink when the water was running, 3) it was pretty funny to watch the cat chase him and tackle him to the ground,* 4) he would hump the shit out of one of his toys...which was funny except it had a bell on it...
Little Fucker ended up going home with a semi-psycho bird infatuated couple for about $50. I sold the cage to another family for $90. So, minus what I spent on the bird's stuff, I probably made at least $100 off the sucker.
But I tell you what...I'll have a whole house full of birds before I even think about letting a live snake into my house...
*My mom's indoor, de-clawed cat came to stay with me for a month and never actually hurt the bird.
Posted by Princess Cat at July 10, 2005 07:52 PM @ 07:52 PM in Good Times // Permalink | TrackBackdarn, I had a great recipe for lovebird pie...
Posted by: ArmyWifeToddlerMom at July 10, 2005 11:27 PMThe bird would have done much better if you had two of them. For some reason birds like a companion of their own kind more than other animals. My wife has 12 freaking birds. I think it is a crime to lock something in a cage that was meant to be free and fly through the world.
Posted by: assrot at July 11, 2005 11:37 AM